BTC NFTs working group calls

[dpym]

Hey all,

We're making fast progress towards launching a proof-of-concept BTC NFT collection at the end of November. That's just over 5 weeks away.

Starting next week we're opening up the working group calls to the public so that anyone can join in and contribute.

We have two weekly recurring calls right now:

1. General working group call on Tuesday's at 7am PT
2. Technical session on Thursday's at 8am PT

You can add these to your calendar (or subscribe to all future meetings) here: https://www.addevent.com/calendar/uU517002

Please share with anyone in your network that would be interested in minting, owning and transferring NFTs directly with Bitcoin.

[dpym]

Oct 25th call notes:

Recording here: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/V2yS9PCZ8-EsK-WTyIxjZwlwuscls-caiH5rkH2nCWIIBGQQUb2tvXrXtFeztbHqpjLCZbrylL4b2wu9.qZEqkz1udFZAXeJA?continueMode=true

Welcome all

• Calls are public now: https://www.addevent.com/calendar/uU517002](https://www.addevent.com/calendar/uU517002

Goals recap

• Proving that bitcoin can be used for:
  1. Crowdfunding capital through NFTs
  2. Distribution to the millions addresses (like a phonebook)

Technical update

• We’re building a set of primitives for anyone to mint, own and transfer NFTs using Bitcoin
• We are focusing on making this as decentralized as possible from the start
• Users will be able to get their Bitcoin back if their mint doesn’t go through
• Technology stack will be a combination of Chainhooks and HTLCs
  • Link to GitHub: https://github.com/bitcoin-nfts/mint-runner
  • Link to Miro: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_kgEyGmU=/?moveToWidget=3458764535891306190&cot=14
• We’ve done a simple proof-of-concept for storing artwork (SVGs) on-chain
  • Link to GitHub: https://github.com/bitcoin-nfts/stacks-svg
• We’re monitoring and exploring support for a generic data import for Bitcoin
  • Link to GitHub: [Stacks 2.1] Generic Bitcoin Data Import stacks-core#3340

Proof-of-concept product

• Bitcoin Faces:
  • Unique NFT for each Bitcoin address
  • Attributes all stored on-chain
  • Minted in one transaction w/ Bitcoin
  • 21m total supply of NFTs
  • $25 per NFT
  • % of proceeds to BTC devs / regulatory seizures protection
  • No roadmap of utility
• Aiming to launch in 5 weeks
• There are many ways that these faces could be used to give visual identity to addresses/transactions
  • On explorers
  • A Twitter bots that shows when whales transact w/ their faces
  • @bruffstar will look into this task and potentially take ownership
• Having such a large supply (21m) means that we need to have many attributes. This also means that it may be harder to make each one look unique. This is a very important job for the artist.
• We are still in need of some support on the front-end of this product
  • Designer that can punch up UX wireframe
  • Designer + front-end dev would be ideal
  • @bruffstar may be able to help here as well
• Distribution
  • Current focus is on getting people on Twitter using these avatars and talking about this:
    1. Having a very simple share UX during minting flow
    2. Having some partnerships with large Bitcoin Twitter accts to be examples (use avatar and talk about it)
    3. Leverage the org we are donating to to talk about the project and pull in notable figures to talk on Twitter spaces
  • Gamma will make this a default pfp for BTC profiles on Gamma. Could potentially add BTC transfers in the activity tab
• Artwork
  • It might be worth having a hi-fi version of the artwork that you can download if you mint yours NFT
  • James’ artwork is quite complex and file size could be too large for SVG embeds
• Ensuring that other teams use this technology once we’ve successfully showcased it
  • Building a toolkit for devs
  • Ileana ideating on ways to attract artist and teams

[markmhendrickson]

Per Users will be able to get their Bitcoin back if their mint doesn’t go through, I'm curious how that would work from a technical and UX perspective?

[pstan26]

Good question. cc @whoabuddy

[whoabuddy]

Hey @markmhx good question! The structure we're looking at now would involve creating a HTLC script similar to Magic Bridge's flow, where the outcomes can go one of two ways:

• successful mint: the person performing the TX on the Stacks side can spend the BTC using the preimage hash (secret/password)
• unsuccessful mint: the timer runs out (generally done by number of blocks) and the user can spend the BTC

It would be similar to the process listed here for recovering inbound swaps.

[dpym]

Nov 1st Call notes:

Recording here: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/h4R85yhYh2Ljdpgo5Kmhdvzy4FNZ37KhHBnkDcNE7w-4OEdqmyQwXyum0sDmTIRg.E9m2EIcYn5JcIy13

Timeline

• 4 weeks until our target launch date of Nov 30th!
• Great progress across the board. We must keep up a fast pace.

Technical

• Current milestone: Mint a Bitcoin Colors NFT using a Bitcoin TX by Nov 14th
• That exact date for this milestone will be confirmed during this Thursday’s technical meeting at 8am PT
• Categories have been created in Github to organize the technical work streams

Front-end

• Aidan walked the group through that latest wireframes: https://www.figma.com/proto/8ALs2WasNmkrzJ7OFuaPg3/BTC-Faces-Wires-v2?page-id=0%3A1&node-id=132%3A6186&viewport=203%2C276%2C0.33&scaling=min-zoom&starting-point-node-id=132%3A6186&show-proto-sidebar=1
  • We’ve been ironing out the Twitter share loop, which is crucial to our distribution strategy.
  • It’s ideal to have a demo ‘reveal’ on the homepage like preloading Satoshi’s address. Most people won’t have their BTC address handy and be willing to dig it up right away.
• Social proof
  • The landing page could show the NFTs already minted, with their respective numbers. Basically a marquee to showcase the NFTs so people have a better understanding. People could also share out other people’s NFTs this way (i.e. clickthrough the NFT and then share).
  • Gamma will have a collection page for this too
  • Similarly, on the ‘share’ version of the permalink page it would be ideal to have a showcase of a bunch of Tweets (ideally from notable Twitter crypto people)

Artwork

• Artist got sick with covid last week but we should have some artwork to look at later this week!

Donation organization

• We want to donate a portion of all revenue to a great Bitcoin related organization
• Key criteria:
  • They have good distribution (to help raise awareness of the project)
  • They are trusted (so we don’t need to manage anything ongoing)
  • Their mission is compelling and fits into our Bitcoin narrative
• We’ve spoken to OpenSats and CoinCenter so far
• Please share any suggestions or introductions!

[diwakergupta]

https://brink.dev/ is also worth exploring for donations. I think the Stacks Foundation (cc/ @cuevasm @blocks8 ) has some experience working with them.

[pstan26]

Speaking to brink tmrw, liking the looks of it. Seems polished.

[dpym]

Nov 8th call notes:

Call recording:

• https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/38VpaKdrvVQoJnBIPt03K2e8zpRyFxXiisMdbTUQ73QrXKTkQ4PdI0LiBtVcYkAm.2CtpZbOuEYa7wi

Timeline:

• Targeted launch date for Bitcoin Faces is November 30th. That’s three weeks away.
• This date will be reassessed later this week based on open questions around minting UX.

Front-end:

• Brian shared updated wireframes + new logo: https://www.figma.com/file/iQD96MBA0eGG2pRr9Ef8Us/BTC-Faces-Wires-v3?node-id=274%3A6144
• Note for link above: Click on ‘REFINED: Bitcoin Faces’ page on the left hand menu to get the latest version
• It sounds like we will be removing the ‘reveal’ step from UX
• Based on Jason’s research most BTC wallets by default do not allow users to select their sending address, which means they won’t be able to mint the NFT that they reveal
• Thus it’s better for us to remove that step (which also simplifies the flow) and instead just let users mint a random NFT based on the sending address
  - Important open question: Do we need wallet support for launch?
• Xverse will have a beta browser extension in the coming weeks (?). Ken created a Github issue for required work: Support BTC Transfer Requests hirosystems/connect#283
• Hiro will have BTC support for their wallet by Q1 2023

Back-end:

• The current internal milestone is to mint a demo Bitcoin NFT by November 14th
• We’re making progress but it’s unclear if we can hit that date. This is going to be the focus of this Thursday’s technical call (8am PT).

Distribution list:

• We’re compiling a distribution list of Bitcoiners of Twitter that we want to: 1) wear that avatar, and 2) tweet about the project during launch
• Please add folks to the list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pT_D6x99PGh8K7JsJHLZf8EmiRmUyqoihUufgjfZRMs/edit#gid=2142729008

Revenue distribution:

• We have yet to nail down a great organization to give profits to
• We don’t want to donate to an org that will mismanage or not bring exposure to the project
• Brian proposed Built with Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/builtwithbtc
• Finding an organization that will spread the meme of Bitcoin NFTs ongoing would be ideal
• Suggestions are welcomed!

[dpym]

Nov 15th

Call recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/RDu6INAfUwfzMWNn-p59KUDYLitbGo4UCHwoydaqPe197-d5Mx-fk86Ba1D-bH2i.ObJrT_Xt0QJh27Yg

Timeline

• Our initial launch date for Bitcoin Faces was targeted for November 30th.
• Given the open questions around technical implementation, we are expecting to delay the launch by at least 1-2 weeks.
• That moves our expected launch window to Dec 1-15th. We will get more specific about a launch day in the coming week.

Back-end & UX

• The main bottleneck right now is on the technical side – particularly the UX for minting these NFTs

• Jason ran the group through our current options for minting:

1. Users onboard directly into an Xverse wallet, fund that wallet with BTC and then mint an NFT
2. More advanced users send from a Bitcoin wallet of their preference that allows them to choose the sending address (so they can send another tx later on to verify ownership)

• Both of these flows have more friction than we had originally wanted but seem to be the best options given technical limitations
• Consensus from the group is that both UX flows should be built out together to give users optionality
• It’s best to give hardcore bitcoiners something to appeal to them
• Wallet timelines:
• Xverse to launch desktop wallet beta in coming weeks
• Xverse to add ledger support in Q1 of 2023
• Hiro to launch BTC support in Q1 of 2023
• The question is raised whether these approaches still validate and serve the original goal for the project?
• The group answer appears to be yes but that it’s worthwhile to consider any possible ways of reducing friction in the first 1-3 steps for the user
• Larry proposed again an idea for generating wallets & seed phrases through the website to collapse down steps
• “We think the target market won’t want to adopt a new wallet but they may be willing to use a web wallet to make this transaction.”
• The main argument against this is that it is less secure, which may be an argument to attack the project
• Jason to review this approach further

[dpym]

Nov 22nd

Call recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/ezJxNiX6Nd5Rheo_iUd4Qk5ovdJSZIvzcMN7AGBVZOmFpxauWrfKZca3qOq99VCI4YuRSzwxOZ6CLcgT.5V37rVoqDHyFQri9?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=W8tqflnSSFmSDDjJ6V5-wQ.1669149220448.1712c57d25f65e48d6c5ef0a7dd4c9cb&_x_zm_rhtaid=460

User Experience

• We have narrowed down the UX into an MVP that we’re ready to start building
• Simplified UX: https://www.figma.com/file/FjXpWIwsk8ozuyyEzfvs2L/Bitcoin-Faces-UX-v2?node-id=0%3A1&t=vIzyED66rVvAVlpF-1
• This approach focuses on: 1) trying to onboard as many Bitcoiners as possible to a free avatar, and 2) allowing them to mint & own their avatar by minting with a STX wallet (initially just Xverse)
• Open questions regarding above:
• We could auto-generate the first NFT for the user when they land on the homepage?
• Is there a clever status game we can incorporate to incentivize people to mint their NFT? (ie. rewarding early adopters)
• Do we want to adjust the total supply of this collection to create more scarcity?

Timeline

• Now that we have conviction in an MVP to launch we are considering what a realistic launch date is
• Given upcoming holidays it will likely need to be either Dec 15 or Jan 15
• Dec 15 is the target date to have the technical components complete
• Jan 15 is the likely date for a public marketing launch

Technical workload:

• Ken + team can help with wallet generation code
• Larry may be able to help with mapping addressing to NFT. Could create a standard that others can use.
• Jason to share a summary of the technical workload so that everyone can contribute and claim responsibilities

Housekeeping:

• This Thursday’s technical call has been canceled because of US holidays

[whoabuddy]

Technical updates:

The main GitHub org is reorganized and updated with new info:

• bitcoin-nfts/stacks-svg is now archived read-only
• bitcoin-nfts/mint-runner is now /bitcoin-colors
• all issues were migrated to bitcoin-colors

Two milestones set for 12/15:

Mint Bitcoin Colors NFT by sending Bitcoin TX
https://github.com/bitcoin-nfts/bitcoin-colors/milestone/1

Develop front-end based on wire frames
https://github.com/bitcoin-nfts/bitcoin-colors/milestone/2

Several new issues created across three main areas of focus:

• front-end: address and NFT generation
• chainhooks: definitions, testing
• contract: Bitcoin and SVG pieces

Issues that are dependent on each other should be linked, and it'd be great to give any unassigned issues an owner. We're all here to help each other and many hands makes light work.

If you have any questions, comments, or don't know where to start definitely speak up! We can all work through any blockers once identified.

Looking forward kicking things off! 🏗️ 🚧 👷 🔨

Issue list:
https://github.com/bitcoin-nfts/bitcoin-colors/issues

[dpym]

Nov 29th

Call recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/cNrf_GoQy9lw3c2q5EbuRlUFu0TbqWpC-A6CjQp_3KCAQgVgXilTSVINdskEiKSE.tPG-Xu9lnaBVvhVa

User Experience:

• The group reviewed the latest UX. Consensus is that it’s technically feasible and that we should continue with development.
• If we want to further simply we could remove the generate and claim step but we believe that it will severely limit how many people will interact with the avatars because the drop-off rate for adopting a new wallet will be too high.
• Updated (lo-fi) wireframes: https://www.figma.com/file/iQD96MBA0eGG2pRr9Ef8Us/BTC-Faces-Wires---MASTER?node-id=339%3A6177
• Latest version in the top left corner of linked Figma file (“WIRES: Bitcoin Faces Low-fi Wires 2022.11.3”
• UX flowchart: https://www.figma.com/file/FjXpWIwsk8ozuyyEzfvs2L/Bitcoin-Faces-UX-v2?node-id=0%3A1&t=vIzyED66rVvAVlpF-1

Technical:

• Chainhooks: want to make sure we stay ahead of the curve with implementation and start listing out requirements / design plan now
• Smart contract: several issues to close out including bitcoin ownership by address and SVG generation
• Attribute generation: need to define algorithm to unblock contract development and client-side library development

Timeline

• Technical demo by Dec 20th
• Product launch in January

Next steps:

• Jason to start working through smart contract issues
• Jason to ask Ludo/Thomas for high-level feedback on chainhook architecture
• Jamil to create a basic algorithm for determining trait layers based on BTC address
• Ken releasing Xverse browser extension beta 12/6
• Also tracking progress on wallet integration tasks
• Larry to help with client-side library development and publishing when algorithm is ready
• Share updated wireframes + UX flowchart with Brian

[pstan26]

Thank you!

[Hero-Gamer]

Always welcome a demo on the SIP call anytime!

[friedger]

How will users fill their btc address with btc? That requires another btc transaction or fiat on-ramp.

There was a number (# 10,346) shown before mint. That is not related to the NFT id generated on-chain. There is a race condition between users.

[whoabuddy]

@friedger both good points!

How will users fill their btc address with btc? That requires another btc transaction or fiat on-ramp.

Yes, they could technically go through the process with their own wallet, but it would require more advanced steps to complete the mint correctly, mainly some form of "coin control" in order to send from the correct UTXO in the claim step.

With that in mind, having them setup an Xverse wallet first then fund it from the wallet of their choice is the main method we're looking for users to use in the process. This greatly simplifies the number of variables around the mint, and gives users a consistent experience from start to finish.

There was a number (# 10,346) shown before mint. That is not related to the NFT id generated on-chain. There is a race condition between users.

Yes, that is something we've discussed but changes haven't made it into the wireframes. We won't know the NFT ID, but we can use this space to show the originating BTC address used to generate the NFT, and possibly some additional facts about it (e.g. this characteristic is what resulted in this attribute, or this is rare because...).

[pstan26]

@dpym Do you have updated notes to share here? We've had a small handful of meetings since Nov. Thanks!

[dpym]

Thanks for the nudge, @pstan26.

Recording (20 mins) from our call last week, on Jan 5th is here: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/55xBeXCzS3R-lwDnJaBVD0X2TzKzCy9qSJCxaWV_G79iwpYQ4LPcZu5mFtN-UKKn.OAMAiuJmwQ16VFMo

@whoabuddy gave a technical update in the first 10mins. We're tracking towards getting the Bitcoin Colors demo live. I will let him chime in if he has additional notes to share.

As for the Bitcoin Faces launch, Gamma is interested in hosting the project under their brand and we're now determining how we will resource the front-end build with help from Jamil and Brian.

This has been the only session we've had since the holidays but the working group will be regrouping tomorrow morning at the usual time, 7am PT!

[dpym]

Jan 12th Technical call recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/UaxNC4B3Vo0hpQ4j4DDgpEO9xwu0IC4uaebencPV5-I2wOkvaekESlgfR9LlvqoK.w6pHCwHcw68sgzzk\

We decided to reduce the scope of the project to speed up our ability to launch and test our Bitcoin NFTs hypothesis.

Two main changes:

• limit the collection size to 500 (or less) and potentially focus only on manually created artwork vs algorithmically generated
• host artwork/attributes vs storing them on-chain

@whoabuddy @pstan26 any other takeaways from the call?

We will need to review the UX flow once more based on these changes but the latest version is accessible here: https://www.figma.com/file/iQD96MBA0eGG2pRr9Ef8Us/BTC-Faces-Wires---MASTER?node-id=339%3A6177&t=LEYYG95lZrS5vMJB-0

[dpym]

Jan 17th working group call recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/ozhbmXQER1UVNnSwKnF7lSaBw-8VdMUSs760f9EvL4zwR_MZ8i7PU6X4HxpcrM4hQNQa6JEzQ0lJTK_u.W82_aK9eRWGpPZP6?continueMode=true

We mainly discussed reducing the project scope by limiting the collection to 500 NFTs and storing artwork off-chain. @whoabuddy also gave a technical update across the project. We intend to review the timeline and progress more on Thursday's 8am PT technical call.

[probert877]

Hey there! This is probert from the MetaBoy NFT project. We launched on GameStopNFT, and we're chatting with some folks on the STX side (Ileana Malacrino and Will Corcoran) about collaborating and potentially applying to a Grant. I will join your next couple of calls and listen in, to see if there is overlap in objectives and goals!

I'd like to join this workgroup - but the Add Calendar link doesn't seem to be generating a Calendar invite series that works. I don't see any call for tomorrow. I'll try you all in the Discord.

Some notes on us:

• GameStopNFT Origins: We sold out within 24 hours of GameStopNFT Launch, first Collection to 1k+ Eth volume; we partnered with GameStop officially to make the artwork that minted officially via the GameStopNFT account - https://nft.gamestop.com/collection/Gmricaxmetaboy
• Metaverse-as-a-Service: We're building a Metaverse-as-a-Service to eliminate the cost of having a custom / branded Metaverse for any Creator of any size for their Token Communities. We're focused on Gaming and Entertainment. We are interested in the topics of GameFi SDKs. Our Metaverse is live already, and has a Demo mode on our website in the links at the bottom of this post. Additionally, we just got our first customer Live in Alpha for their own Metaverse. Read more here: https://metaboy.run/blog/metafam-technologies-dev-blog-1
• Metadata3: We seek to help define interoperability of assets across Metaverses across Chains, starting with the Metaverses we support - we call this concept the metadata3 concept. If we work together on this metadata3 concept, it will help us work toward the future that empowers and enable Creators to easily bring their communities & Metaverse experience across any chain with a frictionless Metaverse onboarding for a Token Community, no matter the chain. We think this schema can be quite powerful, and can drive a lot of Creator experiences. Here's an old Demo Video of interoperability across Assets in our Arcade: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18V7h_OG33DXfZeA5vvIpVRvEBT4021Q0/view?usp=sharing

How I think we can provide value to this Work Group:
Reading through some of the goals of the workgroup, I believe that our Team can contribute some level of value to the objectives of this work group with capabilities in: game dev, metaverse dev, artwork (our artwork is super cute and differentiating :D), creator automation, NFT strategy, product management, and design.

We are working on tooling and items to bring value to all NFT Creators across chains by giving them the ability to go to our Creator Portal to self-manage their Branded / Custom Metaverse, and onboard themselves and their community easily by dropping a zip of their 3D Assets to deploy their own branded experience for their Token Communities. That's our ideal experience that we're working toward! The Creator Portal is going to be jam packed with Analytics. I've attached a lo-fi mockup of what we seek to achieve with our Creator Portal.

Let me know what you think!

Our Website: metaboy.run
Our Metaverse (click the "Demo" option) w/ an Arcade & Leaderboards, etc: metaboy.run/metaboy-lounge
Our Discord if you are interested in checking out what we're about:
An article on Metaverse-as-a-Service: https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaverse-as-a-service-will-be-the-basis-of-the-next-internet-era-of-web3

I'll be joining the Technical call tmrw, and the General Working Group next Tuesday, to listen in and hear out what problems you're solving to see how we might be able to collaborate! Looking forward to it!

Best,
probert

[probert877]

Hey there - tried joining the work group today. I joined the STX discord to try to track down this work group but couldn't find a proper link to join. Can you post the link here for me to join next Tuesday & Thursday's sessions?

[wileyj]

https://www.addevent.com/calendar/uU517002
this should be the link for the event

[probert877]

@wileyj I have used this link many times. It doesn't seem to work for me. Here is what I see for my Google Calendar (same thing when I import to Outlook). Can you just share the link to the actual meeting?

[dpym]

@wileyj @probert877 I've just updated the calendar link so you should see all the upcoming calls w/ zoom links! Next Tuesday at 7am PT is our next call.

[Hero-Gamer]

Would like to share a data on NFTs in terms of onboarding the mass.
I think if sBTC Bitcoin NFTs has decent potential. So I think the impact of this WG's result can be quite far reaching.
Data from the latest @electriccapital report shows that 80% of wallets' first transactions were related to NFTs in 2022 - far outweighing DeFi
https://twitter.com/flowverse_/status/1616478587959537668?s=61&t=UTIXHOZzrohNRd8p1UJdiQ

[dpym]

Jan 24th working group call recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/XqpVAMQVA_cEJdh6ctMiqxRRyCgcrxxdHgPiD-Y17iF5QH5xjF2YcnpFBBJpLGyz.R5QsCO6BkCpWz-9M

Notes

• Recap from last call: we have reduced the scope by limiting the collection to 500 NFTs and storing artwork off-chain
• We have for main areas for technical progress: 1) BTC ownership of NFT, 2) Artwork generation, 3) Front-end for minting, and 4) Chainhooks
• All technical updates are being recorded in BTC NFTs Github: https://github.com/bitcoin-nfts/bitcoin-colors/milestones
• Hiro wallet support for Bitcoin is shipping soon, this timing may mean that we can offer both Xverse and Hiro support for minting
• Gamma is able to support with front-end page creation and will host as a sub-domain on their site

Timeline

• We are aiming to launch this collection publicly within the next 2-3 weeks: February 7-14th

Next steps

• Jason and Aidan to review artwork generation, grid layout, and trait categories
• Derek and Aidan will update the UX flowchart + lo-fi wireframes based on our simplified scope and pass off to Jamil to work with his team + Brian on implementation
• Jason to outline a blog post for "Bitcoin ownership of NFTs" and share with Patrick + Aidan to draft

[JakeBlockchain]

Popping in to say i'm MUCH EXCITE to see this release.
Will amplify heavily when it drops.

[dpym]

Jan 26 technical call recording: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/DpeSJcB6VYmGlhl3igqSOOyksIpLVils60dqKGvI70lp3UNagZIlASwyIJS77tg.XxRZTWuaPAZXGAMN

@whoabuddy gave an update across the board and demoed the artwork generator!

[dpym]

Recording for Jan 31 working group call: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/Q4E2DKUTIHn1JJTwGHaUuPXNKAXKEa-ec9YkK1In0xzLBP-WmGD0wjX0bHVJgxiM.oLVIYim-b81r3AJc

• @whoabuddy gave a demo of the artwork generation script and created 5,000+ pieces of artwork live on the call!
• We discussed the simplest way to build on the front-end now that Gamma will be supporting and we have set the collection to a limited size of 500 NFTs
• Ideally we can launch this within next few weeks to capture the BTC NFT zeitgeist that has come up from new Ordinal protocol

[whoabuddy]

Recording for Feb 14 working group call:
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/uxX3xycLXSHjO1zczx54QoXTp-vSxvqQX3JDu0KEsRM2mzG-2wyoDSnj8cxZwfQP.lHhGlcvwcKQlVbZI

Thanks everyone for attending, this felt like a really productive call!

We discussed:

Progress toward Bitcoin support for Hiro and Xverse

• initial steps are BTC transfer requests and Ordinal Inscription storage
• taproot addresses will be used solely for inscriptions to start
• CTA: help with testnet testing! send some tBTC around!

Would like to expand reach of the BNS discussions, particularly around inscribing zone files and a standard that would work for the current and future iterations of the ecosystem.

• @mechanismHQ built bns.xyz to allow generating a signed zone file for inscription
• @larrysalibra started the BNS v2 strategy doc with more information
• CTA: it would be helpful to invite ambassadors from individual groups, e.g. BNSDao, BNSx, and others to weigh in on standards

Resources shared:

• SVG generator embedded as an ordinal inscription
• SIP for the Wallet API (defines client-side interactions)
  • CTA: develop toward simple solutions here for consistency across implementation
  • need: method for getting BTC wallet addresses
    • known for web app to interact
    • specific (fresh) taproot addresses for Ordinals
  • need: method for initiating a BTC transfer
• BIP-0322 message signing
• Stacks 2.1 Generic Data Import
• Fireblocks PSBT demo
• Ordinals awesome list
  • CTA: add relevant projects, tooling, and more!
• Community collection of ordinals projects
  • CTA: make sure all Ordinal inscription collections are included!

Shout out to @probert877 for joining and talking more about the MetaBoy NFT project, welcome to the Stacks community and looking forward to what develops!

[igorsyl]

@whoabuddy It was great having you at the SIP call on 2/17!

The Thursday "BTC NFTs: Technical Session" meeting scheduled at 11 AM - 12 PM ET conflicts with the Weekly sBTC Eng Meeting at 11 AM ET and All Hands meetings at Hiro and Trust Machines at 11:30 AM ET. Given the incredible excitement around BTC NFTs and in this working group, could you reschedule the meeting to start at 12:30 PM ET so engs at both from Hiro, Stacks Foundation and Trust Machines can join?

cc @ginaTM @saralab

[whoabuddy]

Recording for Feb 21 working group call:
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/hNUaNSOdE5t0e7LeYLrsxMvwitUM9dHiI8D-Rk2L-JVtymGo0pbkD4YsQ3q6amGf.KxfXxxzKJNDUf3Gr

Thanks everyone who made it to this week's call!

We discussed:

• current ordinal tools and projects in the Stacks ecosystem
• shout out to teams for shipping so quickly!
• renewed focus on BNS, awaiting next steps
• organizing ourselves to standardize wallet interactions, definitions, and methods between BTC<->STX
• identifying ordinal standards as they develop and integrating/working on them

@markmhx suggested opening a mega discussion thread to kick things off, as today's call brought up some interesting questions from @probert877 (MetaBoy NFT), Andre Serrano (sBTC), and Drew (Frens) as we're all working out what the next short-term goals are and how to stay aligned.

bitcoin-nfts/ordinals#8

If there are features you need, things you want to be able to do, or standards you see elsewhere definitely share them!

[whoabuddy]

Recording for Mar 28 working group call:
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/c9uF7VkRBn9_rghLCCHcA0I4NqzstvKLmK24ilyBhwsUOKBGg7ozS3AMOI0CAmwb.BEUQzMYveylUnBVc

Thanks everyone who made it, and looking forward to the next one!

In today's meeting we covered quite a few things, a quick summary below.

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100k+ Stacks blocks, 630k+ inscriptions, time's flying!

We're adding our event to the Stacks community calendar for visibility.

• https://www.addevent.com/subscribe/vc334125

We discussed emerging BTC standards for wallets, and overlap between projects.

• Hiro developer docs available here: https://hirowallet.gitbook.io/developers
• btckit used by Stacks wallet: https://btckit.org/docs/spec/
• SatsConnect used by Xverse: https://github.com/secretkeylabs/sats-connect
• Wallet Client API SIP (draft): Wallet client API stacksgov/sips#117
• wallet teams to follow up on best course of action moving forward

Message signing is in the works, but taproot is a challenge.

• Hiro has a draft of BIP322 message signing, looking for feedback from developers
  • feature branch: feat: Support Bitcoin arbitrary message signing (bip322) leather-wallet/extension#3490
  • supports native segwit but not taproot at this time
• Taproot is not supported by BIP322, other related discussions:
  • Trezor / AOPP: Implement message signing for Taproot trezor/trezor-firmware#1943
  • Ord ownership proofs: https://github.com/casey/ord/issues/1462
  • Nosft BIP322 integration: Add Bip-322 signing to verify ownership of address deezy-inc/deezy-place#71
• this feature would be huge for marketplaces (and other integrations)

For next meeting, we'd like to discuss how to enable more support for different address types.

• at launch, taproot was for inscriptions, native segwit for normal operation
• as usage increases, it's harder to keep this distinction, e.g. a user sends BTC or an inscription to the wrong address
• we should agree on how wallets will handle this moving forward so it is consistent